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vol ii s.\iasim3iv js c tvtssttax octoivrtv i\\\~a fot svvye to in these remarks we frinteh alt i-eilusiif.p kvl-.llv rcksuat br bingham fc white agricultural that in each instance tut commissioner for the town of morgan ton will in pursuance of the powers vested in them proceed to sell in the town of morgan ton a number of lots laid off in the town com mons on the 2j.1 and 23(1 days of october next ; anil should the sale not bc completed vvill con tinue until it i9 they contain a number of the most beautiful eminences for building and will afl'ord a pleasant retreat to all those persons who may wish to retire from the lower country to one of the healthiest parts ofthe world surrounded by a rich and fertile country ln addition to tlie health of the place morganton holds out other inducements to settle iu and ahout it as provis ions can be procured in great plenty of the best quality and on the lowest terms lt is expec ted that the lots will sell on reasonable terms the payments will ha made in three equal in stalments of six twelve and eighteen month the purchaser giving bond ami gootl security thk commissioners september 1 1821 6w6b ground shall produce sfx-_^j corn valued at three dollars pe^^h rel ; every acre of fallowed ground twenty-two and a half bushels of wheat estimated at one dollar and twenty-five cents per bushel : and every acre of corn ground fifteen bushels of wheat estimated at the same price â€” the fal low crop is fairly stated at 50 per cent more than the corn ground i have generally found it to be nearly double lhe result will bc as follows : tkhms : b^ythat the n i-^^b with much greate^^b wheat cultivati r m pose of ploughs i is admissible in the tiin the subscription to the m'i.m-krv cahoiinivi is three dollars per annum pat aide half-yearly in advance ty no puper will be discontinued until all arrc'trages are pawl unless at the discretion of the editors ; and any subscriber failing to give notice of his wish to discontinue at the end of a year will be considered as wishing to continue the paper which will be sent accordingly whoever will become responsible for the pav ment of nine papers shall receive a tentll and much less expense in at harvest * the actual found neal the samc^h ding statement and thej siderabh 'â– had pride irom the amullt'an taiimfr ivolauon ot cyo\Â»s by thomas marshall esq ~~^- p 1 ""^ proceeds of fields of com ofwhe.il koilr fid 1576 755553 75 1-ive coo 375 6437 50 six 500 3125 5406 25 seven 428 4-7 1285 2-3 6642 78 â€ž. ,. cl 375 3756 5812 50 i'.ignt j ., 3?5 il56 xa ts7u sl but i hhouhl be strongly tempted to i abandon the practice of sowing small grain of any kind upon land just re leased from the exactions of a crop of corn and forego immediate profit for thc more durable advantage derived from thc greater improvement of the ' soil if i could bc satisfied as assured by some that clover will succeed when sown upon corn ground without the aid of what is called a sheltering crop an experiment of this kind would be most likely to succeed upon ground previously harrowed ; and should it prove satisfactory the system of eight fields would appear under a new aspect not more than one-half of the land would in any case be occupied in any given year by grain ; and not more than one-eighth by corn from the greater proportion of fallow thc gross profits accruing to the farmer would be scarcely inferior to those derived from the cultivation of three-fifths or four sevenths of his land while the expen ses attendant upon it would be consid erably less every operation of the farm would be conducted with ease and satisfaction to the proprietor ; and his profits annually increase with the increasing value of his land 1 am respectfully your obedient servant thomas marshall dr john adams secretary ofthe agricultural society of virginia inserted on the cus tomary tenns ,*, persons sending in adver tisements must specify the number of times they wish them inserted or they will be continued till a paper laid before the hgriculxural society oj virginia cottwvlva s\>v\ugs i'ov a\v by virtue of the hist uill and testament of joseph jenkins deceased the executors viill expose to public sale at tbc court-house at lincolnton on the 23d day of octoher next live sixths parts of the lot including the miner al springs ami unfiling house formerly occu pied hy captain john reed together with a tract of land adjoining the saitl lot containing 243 acres more or less said land will he soltl on a credit of one and two years thc purchasers giving bond with approved security ll avid jenkins ,, avm 1 wilson $ hxecu,or *" lincoln countii a c july 19 1821 to!5 concluded from our last the next system in order is that of seven fields ; in which case each divi sion of the farm will contain 71 3-7 acres two courses may be selected as applicable to this system 1st corn ; 2d wheat 3d clover 4th wheat ; 5th clover ; 6th wheat ; th clover ordered out no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity from this statement it would seem that the gross revenue derived from cultivating the farm in the manner last proposed exceeds that arising from any ot the rest supposing every arti cle to be converted into its equivalent in money ; but when it is recollected that corn is by no means so saleable an article as wheat that more hands are required to make it and of course more mouths are ready to consume it ; and that the economy observed in using it is always in the inverse ratio of the quantity made ; the system of eight fields must j>e allowed to have a still greater advantage over the rest than would appear from the above statement again when the field is large in pro portion to the residue of the farm no farmer in this section of thc country could sow wheat upon it in due time without a material abridgment of his fallow or a considerable augmentation of thc labour employed upon his farm fblir men with as many harrows and three horses to each can put in one hundred acres of fallow ground prepar ed for seeding in four days ; whereas twelve ploughmen cannot do as much upon corn ground in the same time : and as tlie time for seeding is much circumscribed by the hessian fly a strong argument is derived from the consideration in favour of any system which admits of the most expeditious seeding and of course the greatest pro portion of fallow in the foregoing observations on the various systems no notice has been ta ken of a difficulty common to them all that provision is not made for a supply of hay for the use of the farm un less the farm should possess the ad vantage of a sufficient quantity of mea dows in addition to the arable land this difficulty will be sensibly felt ; and in those systems which require but few fields it would probably be found ne cessary to make temporary subdivi sions or to have permanent lots for the purpose of supplying hay the quan tity of ground required for this object on well improved land is not consid erable in a farm of five hundred acres twenty or twenty-five would be sufficient in thc system of five fields therefore by way of example too great a sacrifice of pasture would be the con sequence of devoting an entire field to the scythe and it would bc found de sirable if pot necessary to enclose a part of it a resource not only for hay but clover seed in the system of eight fields if the first mentioned course be adopted less difficulty will be experienced than in an of the rest because the number of fields in grass will allow the use of an one of them fur these purposes or such a portion of it as may bc required without ma terial inconvenience should the sec ond course applicable to that division of fields be adopted the inconvenience may be remedied without a temporary fence in this manner instead of fal lowing the whole field iu the eighth year for wheat leave twenty-two and a half acres unbroken antl forty acres of it only will be in wheat in the ensu ing year the part remaining in clo ver will furnish an adequate suppl ol hay and clover seed and the proceed may be safely stated to bc the lame 4 value as if the produce had been viv-at the year afterwards the whole held will be planted in corn ; and i would suggest the propriety of sowing only so much of it in wheat after the corn as had been pretermitted in the prece ding fallow this part of the field having been less exhausted r/iight cj'all letters to the editors must bc post-paid or they will not be attended to xevj goods . the subscriber is now opening at his store in salisbury a general and well selected assortment of dry goods hard ware and medicines just received direct from new york and phila delphia and laid in at prices that viill enable him to sell remarkably low his customers and the public are respectfully invited to call and ex amine for themselves all kinds of country produce received in exchange iat78 j murphy the first of these is the preferable mode except that the advantage of planting corn on stubble ground is lost both are valuable courses and highly to be recommended where circumstan t vvvwt e v_n\v 4 yta\nu\ei\t . mfl^lir subscriber respectfully informi i the citizens of salisburv and tin adjacent country that he has removct from his late residence on the north side of tht yadkin river ou tlie main road leading fron salem to danville 15 miles from salisbury am has taken the house formerly occupied by capt ia krider in town on main street a few doori north of the f'tiiu-t-1 louse ; where he is prepare to keep a limine of plicate entertainment foi travellers and citizens lie will at all time furnish stabling fodder antl grain for horses thomas holmes ces render it necessary to have as much as one seventh of the land in corn lhe only objection to which the seven field system is liable is this : that it does not admit the maximum of fallow of which the farm is susceptible let us then in the last place sup pose the farm to bc divided into eight fields of g2j acres each and the rota tion to be adopted will depend in a great measure upon the condition ofthe lann and upon the comparative profits ol grass and grain this division admits of important changes in the rotation of crops without the alteration of cross fences ; and the fanner may proceed from a lenient course of crops in which only two fields are annually fallowed to one in which greater demands are made upon the soil in either case one field only is allotted to corn a great portion of which may be manur ed and the produce will be found suf ficient to supply all the wants of the farm for let us suppose the average produce of the corn field to be six bar rels per acre the crop will amount to 375 barrels ; an ample supply for the labour necessary to cultivate that quan tity of ground in corn and to fallow three times that quantity for wheat should the profit on stock be found mnre considerable than that arising from the culture of wheat less labour will be required on the farm and there will be a surplus of corn the first course applicable to this system is as follows : 1st wheat 2d corn 3d wheat 4th clover ; 5th clover ; 6th wheat ; 7th clover ; 8th clover yielding four grain crops two of which are upon fallowed land in eight years a va riety in the course might be suggested by supposing the corn to be planted on ciover ground instead of stubble ; but as this would not change the number of grain crops in any given year it is unnecessary to do so the second course designed for a more improved condition of the farm is this : t ioo\t-riiuvmg business rflhe subscriber respectfully informs the citi j zens of the western section of n carolina and the adjoining districts of s carolina that hc has established the book-binding business in all of its various brandies in the town of salisbury n c he has taken the store formerly occupied by wood & krider on main-street three doors north ofthe court-house salisbury sept 25 1821 78 n b eight or tin l.oaitokrs will be taken at the customary pr set in town having devoted considerable time to acquire a competent knowledge of his business iu the city of baltimore the subscriber flatters himself that lie vvill be able to execute every kind of work in his line in a style aud on terms that will give general satisfaction merchants and others can have blank books ruled and bound to any pattern on short notice as cheap and as well finished as any that can be brought from the north old books rebound on the most reasonable terms and at short notice orders from a distance for binding of every description will be faithfully attended to william ii young salisbury june 8 1821 53 one cent reward ran away on the 6th of august an appren tice boy by the name of richard ilo-.in-l hut is well known in this neighborhood by tin name of richard miller he is about 18 yean of age and was bound to the cooper's trade . will give the above reward if the lad is deliv erctl to me john hrian rowan counly seju 14 1821 v3 69 * the following melhotl is recommended by mr farrow a member of our society and a far mer of high reputation when it is wished to avoid a crop of small grain immediately alter corn and at thc same time insure the growth of clover :â€” ln thc spring after the corn if taken off how oats at the rate of one half bushel or three pecks per acre ; harrow them in with heavy harrows and upon the ground thus prepared sow clover seed and plaister the oats will be a fine pas ture about june and should be fed on just be fore they would come into head let the stock bc then taken away and the oats will spring up again the field may then be pastured a second time ; when the oats and clovsr mixed will fur nish a rich repast tbe nest year no oats will appear and tlie clover will enjoy exclusive pos session of the soil general synod a majority ot the lutheran synods in the united states having adopted the constitu tion proposed for a genera synod notice is hereby given to the clerical and lay deputies of the respective synods that the first meeting of the general synod will take place at freder ickstown md on the third monday of october 1821 at which time and place said deputies are requested to appear j d kurtz chairman of the convention xcyi stage to tha\e\g\t tbhb mmftsy subscriber who is jbhetfrgsc-j l contractor for carrying bm___jmub raleigh and salisbury by way of randolph chatham c respectfully in forms the public that be has fitted up an entire new stage which added to other improve ments that have been made will enable him to cany passengers with as much comfort and expedition as tbey can be carried by any line of stages in this part of the country the scarcity of money thc reduction in the price of produce c demand a correspondent reduction in every department of life : therefore hie subscriber lias determined to reduce the rate of passage from eight to six cents per mile gentlemen i travelling fr.-m the west to raleigh or by way i raleigh to the north are invited to try the subscriln r's stage as he feels assured it only needs i trial lo gain a preference the sta arrives in salisbury every tuesday r or 9 o'ch !., and departs llience for raleigh the same dav at 3 o'clock ; it arrives in raleigh friday cvcniji and leaves there for salisburj on ,.". i ..-!._â– baltimore sept 10 1821 editors of oapersthroughoutthe united states are respectfully requested to insert thc abovi notice in tin-irrespective journals mill thk wf.s'l'i.hn list of letters remaining in the post-office at charlotte a c on the 1st of oct 1821 coi charles t alexander revd thomas alexander martha c alexander isaac al exander william andrew 2 u â€” lames berry hill william lllack shetkrick ilonds walter bibb james hums rev archibald brown hugh bryson william beard john buckhannon mat thew bigham jacob hake c â€” thomas capps caleb capps davil chambers robert l cald well i â€” doctor dunlap charles horton maj joseph douglass david dougherly james hin kins mrs dinkins e isaac erwin t henry foster isaac freasure nathaniel farrow g â€” nathaniel dire \\ illiam goforth llavid gra'un sha'.v jonathan grill n llenrv golson daniel gjtlispie saml graham ii â€” miss nancy hous ton whitmih hill joshua iladley daniel harri son i â€” john irwin j mrs rebecca e joins k â€” mrs nancy kennidy joseph kerr i â€” miss sarah it long 2 john little v illiam a lawing mrs richard long m john mccullah job mills adam meek john l mcrea charles ma son thomas macky john mcneler judith n munroc william matthew thonias murray adam mfravcn james mnlwee n sterling nicholson john necly o joseph ormand p col thomas g l'o'lk 2 capt james fotts david i'erv'uies william l'orter joseph i'ervincs 2 wilson parks r john hay toinp ray james rodgers john ritch 2 s â€” john stansil seth sexton a sing addison sample t â€” william thompson john l thompson capt samuel j thomas w john 0 west john walker avilliam j wilson miss catherine e wilson william wylic johr wents jeremiah wcuts 2 ila id walkup joseph wilson thomas waggoner john wilson t72 wm smith /'. m iredell county sept 23 1821 messrs kditohs : feelings of benevolence prompt me at present to lay before you some observations on the state of houses of correction and public prisons i am more strongly induced to do so from having had it in my power to visit and examine particularly some prisons con structed on plans so effective and so well organized in their government as not only to preclude thc possibility of escape but to preserve the health of their inhabitants from the ravages of the jail and typhoid fevers or such as arc incident to places that are confined and liable to accumulations of filth john lane uij-ijj dollars awwava ran away from the subscriber at charlotte mecklenburg county n carolina a negro hoy by the name of simon ; dark complexion stout made ami five feet sett-n or eight inches h he speaks low when spoken to it is supposed that be vvill make towards the county pfprince avilliam virginia as he waa purchased in that county i will give the above reward if ie said negro is delivered to isaat wilie con irtl cabarrus county or 2 dollars if secured in y jail and information given so that i get him gain evan wilie ;>/./.-<â– /, 24 1831 50 the eilitors of the richmond enquirer are requested to insert the above advertisement six veeks und send their account to the office of we western carolinian for payment 1st wheat ; 2d com ; 3d wheat ; 4th clover ; 5th wheat ; 6th clover ; 7th wheat ; sth clover : yielding five grain crops three of which arc upon fallowed land in eight years conse quently 5-8ths of the farm vvill be an nually in grain until the termination of harvest ; and as it would probably be found necessary to break up one of the clover fields before that period it is apparent that this course is less favor able to stock than the preceding and must be discontinued so soon as wheat shall become the less valuable article that many farms in this state are able to sustain this course if cropping will he evident by comparing it with the svstem of five fields which is in gen eral use in the one corn the most exhausting crop occurs but once in eight years ; in the other once in five ; whilethe quantity of ground annually cultivated in the first exceeds the quantity annually cultivated in the last onlv by one fortieth of the whole or two and half per cent with a view to test the comparative profit of the different courses referred besides thc preservation ofthe he 1 and comfort ofthe inhabitants of 1-ridc wi-11 thc health of thc ncighbo n s in habitants should also be cor^'ted â€” here the suaviter in modoand fortitcr in re obtains as well ** elsewhere lhe strong should he combine with the elegant the oiramental with thc useful ; and buildmgs for these pur poses should hÂ»Â»e dry elevated situa tions expose as much as possible to the action o^the sun and air in a climate such as ours where the heat of summer is not excessive the advantages nf inhaling pure air and l,e sudden evaporation of moisture iyore than counterbalance the increased \ nv\iv v.vav vob wa.iitaa.-j y the children of john cunningham de -* * ceased who departed this life iu greenville bistrict s.c whose wife was named jane â€” heir youngest daughter jane cunningham is 'â€¢ â– '.- â– r siding in bloomtit id nelson county ken u.i.i ,.- desirous of obtaining any information that u ll open a correspondence between the widow fsii.l cimuingliam or john james and george children of tlie aforesaid john and j-.ne cmi iirhain the said jane was bound or put un j '"â€¢'. care of mrs armstrong of south-caro â€¢'. ', Â« ho removed to kentucky and brought the i.l jane with her any information relating to 1 Â» vvill he tiumffblly received bv jane cl nn1ngham letters remaining im the post-office at con cord a c oct 1 1821 im.l/abk'i'ii ai.man b john c barn i hart 2 andrew bain thomas g barnet 2 0 â€” john case jacob coleman john crittendon william carrigaii 1 â€” i'bilip dry ti â€” gitleon linen natluin green e a green robt glass ii james s harris abigail q harris lewis hoiuvcul m â€” samuel mccurdy job mills gideon mcree john s mccurdy i'homas mc kwen richard a mcree george millar mm mclean francis miller macamv morgan n â€” daniel nc-isler it william rose s henry sossaman john stevenson william sill'or.l mar garet silibrd james scott esq alexander scott alexander scott jr elihu stafford t hugh 1 lav lor wâ€”wm e white andw walker tr-'p david stoitke a p.m heat that would result from exposure to the direct rays of thc sun a judi cious choice of situation besides the advaniagei already enumerated would regale our citizens with beautiful pros pects of elegant buildings and orna ment our towns and villages instead of disgusting with noisome eitluvia and loathsome sights issuing from a gene rator of disease disgust and pestilei\iÂ»e bloomfield ken ! editors of newspapers in avashington city v tlh and south-carolina georgia alabama and tennessee will confer a particular obligation on jo orphan child by giving the above two or wee ins.-rtioiis in the'-i respective paptis

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vol ii s.\iasim3iv js c tvtssttax octoivrtv i\\\~a fot svvye to in these remarks we frinteh alt i-eilusiif.p kvl-.llv rcksuat br bingham fc white agricultural that in each instance tut commissioner for the town of morgan ton will in pursuance of the powers vested in them proceed to sell in the town of morgan ton a number of lots laid off in the town com mons on the 2j.1 and 23(1 days of october next ; anil should the sale not bc completed vvill con tinue until it i9 they contain a number of the most beautiful eminences for building and will afl'ord a pleasant retreat to all those persons who may wish to retire from the lower country to one of the healthiest parts ofthe world surrounded by a rich and fertile country ln addition to tlie health of the place morganton holds out other inducements to settle iu and ahout it as provis ions can be procured in great plenty of the best quality and on the lowest terms lt is expec ted that the lots will sell on reasonable terms the payments will ha made in three equal in stalments of six twelve and eighteen month the purchaser giving bond ami gootl security thk commissioners september 1 1821 6w6b ground shall produce sfx-_^j corn valued at three dollars pe^^h rel ; every acre of fallowed ground twenty-two and a half bushels of wheat estimated at one dollar and twenty-five cents per bushel : and every acre of corn ground fifteen bushels of wheat estimated at the same price â€” the fal low crop is fairly stated at 50 per cent more than the corn ground i have generally found it to be nearly double lhe result will bc as follows : tkhms : b^ythat the n i-^^b with much greate^^b wheat cultivati r m pose of ploughs i is admissible in the tiin the subscription to the m'i.m-krv cahoiinivi is three dollars per annum pat aide half-yearly in advance ty no puper will be discontinued until all arrc'trages are pawl unless at the discretion of the editors ; and any subscriber failing to give notice of his wish to discontinue at the end of a year will be considered as wishing to continue the paper which will be sent accordingly whoever will become responsible for the pav ment of nine papers shall receive a tentll and much less expense in at harvest * the actual found neal the samc^h ding statement and thej siderabh 'â– had pride irom the amullt'an taiimfr ivolauon ot cyo\Â»s by thomas marshall esq ~~^- p 1 ""^ proceeds of fields of com ofwhe.il koilr fid 1576 755553 75 1-ive coo 375 6437 50 six 500 3125 5406 25 seven 428 4-7 1285 2-3 6642 78 â€ž. ,. cl 375 3756 5812 50 i'.ignt j ., 3?5 il56 xa ts7u sl but i hhouhl be strongly tempted to i abandon the practice of sowing small grain of any kind upon land just re leased from the exactions of a crop of corn and forego immediate profit for thc more durable advantage derived from thc greater improvement of the ' soil if i could bc satisfied as assured by some that clover will succeed when sown upon corn ground without the aid of what is called a sheltering crop an experiment of this kind would be most likely to succeed upon ground previously harrowed ; and should it prove satisfactory the system of eight fields would appear under a new aspect not more than one-half of the land would in any case be occupied in any given year by grain ; and not more than one-eighth by corn from the greater proportion of fallow thc gross profits accruing to the farmer would be scarcely inferior to those derived from the cultivation of three-fifths or four sevenths of his land while the expen ses attendant upon it would be consid erably less every operation of the farm would be conducted with ease and satisfaction to the proprietor ; and his profits annually increase with the increasing value of his land 1 am respectfully your obedient servant thomas marshall dr john adams secretary ofthe agricultural society of virginia inserted on the cus tomary tenns ,*, persons sending in adver tisements must specify the number of times they wish them inserted or they will be continued till a paper laid before the hgriculxural society oj virginia cottwvlva s\>v\ugs i'ov a\v by virtue of the hist uill and testament of joseph jenkins deceased the executors viill expose to public sale at tbc court-house at lincolnton on the 23d day of octoher next live sixths parts of the lot including the miner al springs ami unfiling house formerly occu pied hy captain john reed together with a tract of land adjoining the saitl lot containing 243 acres more or less said land will he soltl on a credit of one and two years thc purchasers giving bond with approved security ll avid jenkins ,, avm 1 wilson $ hxecu,or *" lincoln countii a c july 19 1821 to!5 concluded from our last the next system in order is that of seven fields ; in which case each divi sion of the farm will contain 71 3-7 acres two courses may be selected as applicable to this system 1st corn ; 2d wheat 3d clover 4th wheat ; 5th clover ; 6th wheat ; th clover ordered out no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity from this statement it would seem that the gross revenue derived from cultivating the farm in the manner last proposed exceeds that arising from any ot the rest supposing every arti cle to be converted into its equivalent in money ; but when it is recollected that corn is by no means so saleable an article as wheat that more hands are required to make it and of course more mouths are ready to consume it ; and that the economy observed in using it is always in the inverse ratio of the quantity made ; the system of eight fields must j>e allowed to have a still greater advantage over the rest than would appear from the above statement again when the field is large in pro portion to the residue of the farm no farmer in this section of thc country could sow wheat upon it in due time without a material abridgment of his fallow or a considerable augmentation of thc labour employed upon his farm fblir men with as many harrows and three horses to each can put in one hundred acres of fallow ground prepar ed for seeding in four days ; whereas twelve ploughmen cannot do as much upon corn ground in the same time : and as tlie time for seeding is much circumscribed by the hessian fly a strong argument is derived from the consideration in favour of any system which admits of the most expeditious seeding and of course the greatest pro portion of fallow in the foregoing observations on the various systems no notice has been ta ken of a difficulty common to them all that provision is not made for a supply of hay for the use of the farm un less the farm should possess the ad vantage of a sufficient quantity of mea dows in addition to the arable land this difficulty will be sensibly felt ; and in those systems which require but few fields it would probably be found ne cessary to make temporary subdivi sions or to have permanent lots for the purpose of supplying hay the quan tity of ground required for this object on well improved land is not consid erable in a farm of five hundred acres twenty or twenty-five would be sufficient in thc system of five fields therefore by way of example too great a sacrifice of pasture would be the con sequence of devoting an entire field to the scythe and it would bc found de sirable if pot necessary to enclose a part of it a resource not only for hay but clover seed in the system of eight fields if the first mentioned course be adopted less difficulty will be experienced than in an of the rest because the number of fields in grass will allow the use of an one of them fur these purposes or such a portion of it as may bc required without ma terial inconvenience should the sec ond course applicable to that division of fields be adopted the inconvenience may be remedied without a temporary fence in this manner instead of fal lowing the whole field iu the eighth year for wheat leave twenty-two and a half acres unbroken antl forty acres of it only will be in wheat in the ensu ing year the part remaining in clo ver will furnish an adequate suppl ol hay and clover seed and the proceed may be safely stated to bc the lame 4 value as if the produce had been viv-at the year afterwards the whole held will be planted in corn ; and i would suggest the propriety of sowing only so much of it in wheat after the corn as had been pretermitted in the prece ding fallow this part of the field having been less exhausted r/iight cj'all letters to the editors must bc post-paid or they will not be attended to xevj goods . the subscriber is now opening at his store in salisbury a general and well selected assortment of dry goods hard ware and medicines just received direct from new york and phila delphia and laid in at prices that viill enable him to sell remarkably low his customers and the public are respectfully invited to call and ex amine for themselves all kinds of country produce received in exchange iat78 j murphy the first of these is the preferable mode except that the advantage of planting corn on stubble ground is lost both are valuable courses and highly to be recommended where circumstan t vvvwt e v_n\v 4 yta\nu\ei\t . mfl^lir subscriber respectfully informi i the citizens of salisburv and tin adjacent country that he has removct from his late residence on the north side of tht yadkin river ou tlie main road leading fron salem to danville 15 miles from salisbury am has taken the house formerly occupied by capt ia krider in town on main street a few doori north of the f'tiiu-t-1 louse ; where he is prepare to keep a limine of plicate entertainment foi travellers and citizens lie will at all time furnish stabling fodder antl grain for horses thomas holmes ces render it necessary to have as much as one seventh of the land in corn lhe only objection to which the seven field system is liable is this : that it does not admit the maximum of fallow of which the farm is susceptible let us then in the last place sup pose the farm to bc divided into eight fields of g2j acres each and the rota tion to be adopted will depend in a great measure upon the condition ofthe lann and upon the comparative profits ol grass and grain this division admits of important changes in the rotation of crops without the alteration of cross fences ; and the fanner may proceed from a lenient course of crops in which only two fields are annually fallowed to one in which greater demands are made upon the soil in either case one field only is allotted to corn a great portion of which may be manur ed and the produce will be found suf ficient to supply all the wants of the farm for let us suppose the average produce of the corn field to be six bar rels per acre the crop will amount to 375 barrels ; an ample supply for the labour necessary to cultivate that quan tity of ground in corn and to fallow three times that quantity for wheat should the profit on stock be found mnre considerable than that arising from the culture of wheat less labour will be required on the farm and there will be a surplus of corn the first course applicable to this system is as follows : 1st wheat 2d corn 3d wheat 4th clover ; 5th clover ; 6th wheat ; 7th clover ; 8th clover yielding four grain crops two of which are upon fallowed land in eight years a va riety in the course might be suggested by supposing the corn to be planted on ciover ground instead of stubble ; but as this would not change the number of grain crops in any given year it is unnecessary to do so the second course designed for a more improved condition of the farm is this : t ioo\t-riiuvmg business rflhe subscriber respectfully informs the citi j zens of the western section of n carolina and the adjoining districts of s carolina that hc has established the book-binding business in all of its various brandies in the town of salisbury n c he has taken the store formerly occupied by wood & krider on main-street three doors north ofthe court-house salisbury sept 25 1821 78 n b eight or tin l.oaitokrs will be taken at the customary pr set in town having devoted considerable time to acquire a competent knowledge of his business iu the city of baltimore the subscriber flatters himself that lie vvill be able to execute every kind of work in his line in a style aud on terms that will give general satisfaction merchants and others can have blank books ruled and bound to any pattern on short notice as cheap and as well finished as any that can be brought from the north old books rebound on the most reasonable terms and at short notice orders from a distance for binding of every description will be faithfully attended to william ii young salisbury june 8 1821 53 one cent reward ran away on the 6th of august an appren tice boy by the name of richard ilo-.in-l hut is well known in this neighborhood by tin name of richard miller he is about 18 yean of age and was bound to the cooper's trade . will give the above reward if the lad is deliv erctl to me john hrian rowan counly seju 14 1821 v3 69 * the following melhotl is recommended by mr farrow a member of our society and a far mer of high reputation when it is wished to avoid a crop of small grain immediately alter corn and at thc same time insure the growth of clover :â€” ln thc spring after the corn if taken off how oats at the rate of one half bushel or three pecks per acre ; harrow them in with heavy harrows and upon the ground thus prepared sow clover seed and plaister the oats will be a fine pas ture about june and should be fed on just be fore they would come into head let the stock bc then taken away and the oats will spring up again the field may then be pastured a second time ; when the oats and clovsr mixed will fur nish a rich repast tbe nest year no oats will appear and tlie clover will enjoy exclusive pos session of the soil general synod a majority ot the lutheran synods in the united states having adopted the constitu tion proposed for a genera synod notice is hereby given to the clerical and lay deputies of the respective synods that the first meeting of the general synod will take place at freder ickstown md on the third monday of october 1821 at which time and place said deputies are requested to appear j d kurtz chairman of the convention xcyi stage to tha\e\g\t tbhb mmftsy subscriber who is jbhetfrgsc-j l contractor for carrying bm___jmub raleigh and salisbury by way of randolph chatham c respectfully in forms the public that be has fitted up an entire new stage which added to other improve ments that have been made will enable him to cany passengers with as much comfort and expedition as tbey can be carried by any line of stages in this part of the country the scarcity of money thc reduction in the price of produce c demand a correspondent reduction in every department of life : therefore hie subscriber lias determined to reduce the rate of passage from eight to six cents per mile gentlemen i travelling fr.-m the west to raleigh or by way i raleigh to the north are invited to try the subscriln r's stage as he feels assured it only needs i trial lo gain a preference the sta arrives in salisbury every tuesday r or 9 o'ch !., and departs llience for raleigh the same dav at 3 o'clock ; it arrives in raleigh friday cvcniji and leaves there for salisburj on ,.". i ..-!._â– baltimore sept 10 1821 editors of oapersthroughoutthe united states are respectfully requested to insert thc abovi notice in tin-irrespective journals mill thk wf.s'l'i.hn list of letters remaining in the post-office at charlotte a c on the 1st of oct 1821 coi charles t alexander revd thomas alexander martha c alexander isaac al exander william andrew 2 u â€” lames berry hill william lllack shetkrick ilonds walter bibb james hums rev archibald brown hugh bryson william beard john buckhannon mat thew bigham jacob hake c â€” thomas capps caleb capps davil chambers robert l cald well i â€” doctor dunlap charles horton maj joseph douglass david dougherly james hin kins mrs dinkins e isaac erwin t henry foster isaac freasure nathaniel farrow g â€” nathaniel dire \\ illiam goforth llavid gra'un sha'.v jonathan grill n llenrv golson daniel gjtlispie saml graham ii â€” miss nancy hous ton whitmih hill joshua iladley daniel harri son i â€” john irwin j mrs rebecca e joins k â€” mrs nancy kennidy joseph kerr i â€” miss sarah it long 2 john little v illiam a lawing mrs richard long m john mccullah job mills adam meek john l mcrea charles ma son thomas macky john mcneler judith n munroc william matthew thonias murray adam mfravcn james mnlwee n sterling nicholson john necly o joseph ormand p col thomas g l'o'lk 2 capt james fotts david i'erv'uies william l'orter joseph i'ervincs 2 wilson parks r john hay toinp ray james rodgers john ritch 2 s â€” john stansil seth sexton a sing addison sample t â€” william thompson john l thompson capt samuel j thomas w john 0 west john walker avilliam j wilson miss catherine e wilson william wylic johr wents jeremiah wcuts 2 ila id walkup joseph wilson thomas waggoner john wilson t72 wm smith /'. m iredell county sept 23 1821 messrs kditohs : feelings of benevolence prompt me at present to lay before you some observations on the state of houses of correction and public prisons i am more strongly induced to do so from having had it in my power to visit and examine particularly some prisons con structed on plans so effective and so well organized in their government as not only to preclude thc possibility of escape but to preserve the health of their inhabitants from the ravages of the jail and typhoid fevers or such as arc incident to places that are confined and liable to accumulations of filth john lane uij-ijj dollars awwava ran away from the subscriber at charlotte mecklenburg county n carolina a negro hoy by the name of simon ; dark complexion stout made ami five feet sett-n or eight inches h he speaks low when spoken to it is supposed that be vvill make towards the county pfprince avilliam virginia as he waa purchased in that county i will give the above reward if ie said negro is delivered to isaat wilie con irtl cabarrus county or 2 dollars if secured in y jail and information given so that i get him gain evan wilie ;>/./.-